Transient obscuration event captured in NGC 3227-II. Warm absorbers and obscuration events in archival XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations

Y Wang, J Kaastra, M Mehdipour, J Mao… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
The relationship between warm absorber (WA) outflows of active galactic nuclei and nuclear
obscuration activities caused by optically thick clouds (obscurers) crossing the line of sight is …

The soft excess of the NLS1 galaxy Mrk 359 studied with an XMM-Newton-NuSTAR monitoring campaign

R Middei, PO Petrucci, S Bianchi, F Ursini… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR multiple exposures allow us to disentangle the
different emission components of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and to study the evolution of …

Transient obscuration event captured in NGC 3227-III. Photoionization modeling of the X-ray obscuration event in 2019

J Mao, JS Kaastra, M Mehdipour, GA Kriss… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. A growing number of transient X-ray obscuration events in type I active galactic
nuclei suggest that our line of sight to the central engine is not always free. Multiple X-ray …

Spectral-timing of AGN ionized outflows with Athena

A Juráňová, E Costantini, P Uttley - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Spectral-timing techniques have proven valuable in studying the interplay between the X-ray
corona and the accretion disc in variable active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Under certain …

Coordinated X-ray and UV absorption within the accretion disk wind of the active galactic nucleus PG 1126-041

M Giustini, PR Hidalgo, JN Reeves, G Matzeu… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Accretion disk winds launched close to supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are a
viable mechanism providing feedback between the SMBH and the host galaxy. Aims. We …

The lively accretion disc in NGC 2992–I. Transient iron K emission lines in the high-flux state

A Marinucci, S Bianchi, V Braito… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We report on one of the brightest flux levels of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2992 ever observed
in X-rays, on 2019 May. The source has been monitored every few days from 2019 March 26 …

A colourful analysis: Probing the eclipse of the black hole and central engine in NGC 6814 using X-ray colour–colour grids

B Pottie, LC Gallo, AG Gonzalez… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Eclipsing of the X-ray emitting region in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is a potentially powerful
probe to examine the AGN environment and absorber properties. Here, we study the eclipse …

The lively accretion disc in NGC 2992–II. The 2019/2021 X-ray monitoring campaigns

R Middei, A Marinucci, V Braito… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We report on the short-and long-term X-ray properties of the bright nearby Seyfert 2 galaxy
NGC 2992, which was extensively observed with Swift, XMM–Newton, and NuSTAR. Swift …

Tracking the spectral properties of ESO 511-G030 across different epochs

R Middei, PO Petrucci, S Bianchi, F Ursini… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The Type 1 active galactic nucleus (AGN) ESO 511-G030, a formerly bright and soft excess
dominated source, was observed in 2019 in the context of a multi-wavelength monitoring …

A Broadband X-Ray Study of a Sample of AGNs with [O iii] Measured Inclinations

X Zhao, S Marchesi, M Ajello, M Baloković… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In modeling the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), the inclination angle is a
parameter that can play an important role in analyzing the X-ray spectra of AGNs, but it has …